Beer Can Date Bread

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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation30 minutes
Cooking30 minutes
Ready In60 minutes

Ingredients

8 each beer empty cans
1 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons baking soda
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup dates
2 large eggs
2 cups beer
4 cups cake flour wheat pastry
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup pecans

Directions

Remove tops from beer cans with can opener; lightly oil insides.

Sprinkle soda on dates.

Heat beer to boiling and pour over date/soda mixture; set aside to cool.

Cream together butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs.

Stir in flour.

Add nuts and cooled date mixture. Spoon batter into cans, filling only 1/2 full.

Bake with cans standing up on cookie sheet, at 350 degrees for 15-30 minutes; look for tops to split and test for doneness.

Do not cut bread for 1 day; bread may break up, if it is sliced while still warm.

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